On 01/26/2006 05:13 PM, Mike Richardson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 03:05:23PM -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote: >> Do you think this would be any different than a corrupt file or a >> registry error on Windows Media Center Edition? Neither Linux or >> Windows are black boxes to be compared with Tivo and ReplayTV. They >> have underlying operating system components that need care. If you >> can't learn how to care for it, then maybe it isn't the right choice for >> you. >> > By the same token several friends with Sky+ have had to reformat their > storage several times, losing all their previous recordings and have had > issues with the recording/storage/interface of a pretty serious nature. By > Dad had serious problems with the disk in some HD/DVD recording device - the > disk was fine but the device wouldn't reformat it. > Yeah. A friend of mine who uses a cable company DVR had "issues" with it and the cable company had him bring it in--full of shows he had recorded. They boxed it up, gave him a new empty one and he didn't even get the option to try to recover. Perhaps this is more what the OP wants. If so, call your cable company.
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